New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-09
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carry the knapsaoK. ana we took ND me fesscr
articles. ! noticed that every person, gentle or
simple, whom wo met on the road, salnted the
brgaiier. while be ignored many OF their greeting
lie was little king in his district; justice of the
peace rs well as superintendent of police and 70
nc ar that moment standing argument in his
arrogance Tor our resident county magistrates. In
Trthance sich men are wanting. or have no power
Ihefe Is no one to check official aTDitrarness, to
come between the executive and tho people.
o t bridge halfway between Aramits and
ooTon, the brigadier o. he latter place met us and
Iook charge OF ne, giving our old enemies from
Whoin we here parted written receipt for In
one respect We had cause to regret the change;
hl'Hsed. Ihetcupon he produced long chain with
handouts At each end "Yon can make your
choice he said. "either to take up the baggage
and carry 10, or repeat your refusal In the latter
case we shall hanicn1 you, chain you together
and force you to carry it,
This he said without n trace of passion; and
nellg quite sure That he Ould keep his word my
brother took up the lnapsack and the rug and
coats After the night we had spent were in
anything but good condition; and il was not with
OUT dlitcuty that, thus burdened. we walked the
remaining distance, over fOur miles to OlOr0n AZ
inS iIe we were treated IN tins way the police
gram In their possession. and knew that
English tourists. On our arrival at Oloron we
were taken TO tho house Of the prOcurcur. He was
not at homo and we proceeded IL his nnhlic Office
| believe that orr arrest had been n1ised abroad.
Tor the streets were foil of people, who stood and
watched our little procession 20 by. No one was
nncivil to us, though we heard the words spons
AHemdndg freely exchanged; yet the ordeal of
passing bnrdcnel as we were, and in custody
under the eyes of hundreds of Frenchmen, was not
to our Eng ish taste
The wocurcW received us in IA moderately largo
room,in the middle of which were told to stand.
While he sat at M ordinary writing table. The
police arranged Themselves behind us. and round
the room sat number of men whom Judged to be
respectable inhabitants Of the town. I at once
asked TO he furnished with an Interpreter, saying
that had had only too much experience of tho
danger OF answering. questions in a language i'm
perfectly known. Unfortunately | had we'll
c0nned tho sentences in which | expressed this
and my 81 illness defeated my object. The procur,7r
that SPOKE Ffo"cG .acony we snd saSs foT
the aid which one of the gentlemen present who
spoke little English gave US: we fought our own
battle. Hero, at .any rate, thought. shall get
Justice! And at first all went well. | need not give
the magistrate's questions, which wore not many
and identity, and~yith little loss of time no gave
his decision: We free, we might CO.
Upon. this stated that wished TO lay formal
complaint against the brigadier of Aramits. sub
mltted ~ That we had about sufficient papers
ofdentty. and that therefore the arrest WIS illegal
from tho first. 2l That # the arrest and detention
were IN themselves legal. they were attended by
circumstances OF Illegal and unnecessary severity
What passed upon this give in detail because It
may make the position clear to other travellers In
France and solve in some degree q vc1ed question.
"Very we'll" was the prOcureurs answer, 81 under
stand Then firstly where are your papers. If you
81 had British Foreign Office passport which
identified me-"
:" 1t bore no French rise and was without weight
Do understand. Them asked slowly, {" that
it is absolutely necessary for every EnCshman
signed by the Fren ell authorities T.
vt is absolutely necessary" was his answer
sAnd yet" cried, "there hundreds of Eng
lishmen ut Pau, and you know that there are not
ten such passports among them all But leave
that There is my bankers leftre di"dooaon."
,oi IT. Is foreign recommendaton on the same
mot at all The bankers who sign it are French
as we'll rs English bankers"
That clearly puzzled him. ana he spoke o while
with his clerk; finally. |" it is printed. not written
he said.
laughed aloud. As a fact. my name. tho
essential part of the document. was written but
missed that point. abandoned, under protest. my
first head of complaint, and passed on to the treat
ment we had recei we'd. To this his sole answer
arrested at Aramlts and not at Ooron, where there
was comfortable prison. It was our misfortune.
any form OF one he Concluded p' hars 's his
patience worn thin by my Importantly. you think
YOU have cause for complaint go 10 your ambassa-
dor"
We will we cried with one voice, and gave up
telegram. lucheOn aud breakfast-and papers woro
returned TO us Our volunteer interpreter kindly
told US that there was train just starting for
with less ceremony than haste. Once In tho train
haustcd. ana morally depressed beyond lbelief by !
tho continuous bullying to which We had been
subjected
Our first impulse was to keep the whole matter |
to ourselves but friendly geetings and good /
dinner at our hotel put us In heart again. We sent /
brief epitOmc of the story TO the newspapers and
raised our bitter cry before the ambassador. In /
the issue both from Lord Lyons and Sir John /
Walshan. " no at the time VAS his representatives,
We received most courteous treatment. But. I'M /
fortunately. We have never got further than that.
although MIR. Addison O. C., Member of Parliament /
for Automatically asked question In the ,
House on the matter. and the Government eg- |
pressed themselves dissatisfied with the French .
Minister'S explanations. True. We have been .
informed that the chief officer of gendarmes In the ,
district has privately called upon the vice-consul
at Pau 10 express his regret AMI that the brgadier
nj Aramits has been punished by Some days dctcn-
tiOn-nOt ] fear, In his own cells. But no public .
apology has been made at OlOrOn. In the news
papers or elsewhere; no public TepTimand has been
Nay the very docu lent from which
learn THIS states that the indscretOn of the police
was palliated by the suspects conduct and goes on
TO narrate pure fiction to tie effect that tho
day Of arrest retired under surveillance into
a Wood with certain instruments and did very
dreadful things indeed = MaCmilan's Magazine.